Figures of speech: what is a pangram?

What is a pangram?

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The

ancient Greek

pangramme

pan (all) and gramma (letter) is a phrase in which all the letters of the alphabet are used.

The most famous, "

Take that old whiskey to the blond judge who smokes

", is rightly admired because he only uses the consonants once, he is a true Alexandrian and he describes a plausible situation.

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This is far from being the case with most pangrams, because after all, even if I find this one quite poetic: "

See this good mocking fakir pushing a wagon while playing the xylophone

", one cannot say that what 'he says is very realistic.

Whatever, I prefer him to this other who tries to be more, but who does not make me dream: "

Try to eat this famous sandwich with kiwi and cheese, although it is not good, succulent, why add vinegar to it?

"

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As for the whiskey and the judge referred to above, this is what Georges Perec did with them in his illustrious Disappearance * where no e appeared: "

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